Citharichthys darwini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleuronectoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Pleuronectiformes Subordo: Pleuronectoidei

Familia: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Citharichthys
Species: Citharichthys darwini

Name

Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013

• Holotype: SIO 12-3075.
• Paratypes: SIO 12-3076 (2); LACM 57426-1 (1), 23671 (8); CAS 6895 (5), 6862 (8); USNM 101970 (4), 101896 (2).

• Type locality: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Isla Isabela, Tagus Cove, -0.26°, -91.37°[1].

• Etymology: The new species is named for Charles Darwin, who spent an “overpoweringly hot” October 1, 1835 exploring Tagus Cove and hiking into the Beagle Crater just south of the bay (quote from The Voyage of the Beagle). Furthermore, the description serves as a somewhat belated recognition of the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species in London in October 1860, mitigated to some small degree by the knowledge that the dilatory nature of the endeavor would not be particularly foreign to Darwin’s sensibilities.

References

• Victor, B.C. & Wellington, G. M. 2013. Citharichthys darwini n. sp., a new endemic flatfish from the Galápagos Archipelago (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 6(1): 19–32. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Darwin’s Sanddab